test cases for the args0 issue
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5882c86e 1package Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained;
141459fa 2
3c0186f2 3use Moose;
e8b9f2a9 4extends 'Catalyst::DispatchType';
5
141459fa 6use Text::SimpleTable;
7use Catalyst::ActionChain;
39fc2ce1 8use Catalyst::Utils;
141459fa 9use URI;
dd97c1ac 10use Scalar::Util ();
0ca510f0 11use Encode 2.21 'decode_utf8';
141459fa 12
be5cb4e4 13has _endpoints => (
14 is => 'rw',
15 isa => 'ArrayRef',
16 required => 1,
17 default => sub{ [] },
18 );
19
20has _actions => (
21 is => 'rw',
22 isa => 'HashRef',
23 required => 1,
24 default => sub{ {} },
25 );
26
27has _children_of => (
28 is => 'rw',
29 isa => 'HashRef',
30 required => 1,
31 default => sub{ {} },
32 );
33
0fc2d522 34no Moose;
35
792b40ac 36# please don't perltidy this. hairy code within.
37
141459fa 38=head1 NAME
39
5882c86e 40Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained - Path Part DispatchType
141459fa 41
42=head1 SYNOPSIS
43
26dc649a 44Path part matching, allowing several actions to sequentially take care of processing a request:
45
05a90578 46 # root action - captures one argument after it
47 sub foo_setup : Chained('/') PathPart('foo') CaptureArgs(1) {
48 my ( $self, $c, $foo_arg ) = @_;
49 ...
50 }
51
52 # child action endpoint - takes one argument
53 sub bar : Chained('foo_setup') Args(1) {
54 my ( $self, $c, $bar_arg ) = @_;
55 ...
56 }
141459fa 57
58=head1 DESCRIPTION
59
26dc649a 60Dispatch type managing default behaviour. For more information on
61dispatch types, see:
62
63=over 4
64
b9b89145 65=item * L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for how they affect application authors
26dc649a 66
67=item * L<Catalyst::DispatchType> for implementation information.
68
69=back
05a90578 70
141459fa 71=head1 METHODS
72
73=head2 $self->list($c)
74
75Debug output for Path Part dispatch points
76
141459fa 77=cut
78
792b40ac 79sub list {
80 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
81
be5cb4e4 82 return unless $self->_endpoints;
792b40ac 83
48d435ba 84 my $avail_width = Catalyst::Utils::term_width() - 9;
85 my $col1_width = ($avail_width * .50) < 35 ? 35 : int($avail_width * .50);
86 my $col2_width = $avail_width - $col1_width;
792b40ac 87 my $paths = Text::SimpleTable->new(
48d435ba 88 [ $col1_width, 'Path Spec' ], [ $col2_width, 'Private' ],
39fc2ce1 89 );
792b40ac 90
007a7ca0 91 my $has_unattached_actions;
92 my $unattached_actions = Text::SimpleTable->new(
48d435ba 93 [ $col1_width, 'Private' ], [ $col2_width, 'Missing parent' ],
007a7ca0 94 );
95
792b40ac 96 ENDPOINT: foreach my $endpoint (
97 sort { $a->reverse cmp $b->reverse }
be5cb4e4 98 @{ $self->_endpoints }
792b40ac 99 ) {
ffca3e96 100 my $args = $endpoint->list_extra_info->{Args};
792b40ac 101 my @parts = (defined($args) ? (("*") x $args) : '...');
d34667c3 102 my @parents = ();
792b40ac 103 my $parent = "DUMMY";
ba3f8a81 104 my $extra = $self->_list_extra_http_methods($endpoint);
e72a3cd6 105 my $consumes = $self->_list_extra_consumes($endpoint);
342d2169 106 my $scheme = $self->_list_extra_scheme($endpoint);
792b40ac 107 my $curr = $endpoint;
108 while ($curr) {
ffca3e96 109 if (my $cap = $curr->list_extra_info->{CaptureArgs}) {
110 unshift(@parts, (("*") x $cap));
792b40ac 111 }
77771155 112 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 113 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
114 if (defined $pp->[0] && length $pp->[0]);
115 }
5882c86e 116 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 117 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
d34667c3 118 unshift(@parents, $curr) if $curr;
792b40ac 119 }
007a7ca0 120 if ($parent ne '/') {
121 $has_unattached_actions = 1;
59d5a638 122 $unattached_actions->row('/' . ($parents[0] || $endpoint)->reverse, $parent);
007a7ca0 123 next ENDPOINT;
124 }
d34667c3 125 my @rows;
126 foreach my $p (@parents) {
127 my $name = "/${p}";
ba3f8a81 128
129 if (defined(my $extra = $self->_list_extra_http_methods($p))) {
130 $name = "${extra} ${name}";
131 }
ffca3e96 132 if (defined(my $cap = $p->list_extra_info->{CaptureArgs})) {
133 $name .= ' ('.$cap.')';
d34667c3 134 }
e72a3cd6 135 if (defined(my $ct = $p->list_extra_info->{Consumes})) {
136 $name .= ' :'.$ct;
137 }
342d2169 138 if (defined(my $s = $p->list_extra_info->{Scheme})) {
139 $scheme = uc $s;
140 }
e72a3cd6 141
d34667c3 142 unless ($p eq $parents[0]) {
143 $name = "-> ${name}";
144 }
145 push(@rows, [ '', $name ]);
146 }
342d2169 147 push(@rows, [ '', (@rows ? "=> " : '').($extra ? "$extra " : ''). ($scheme ? "$scheme: ":'')."/${endpoint}". ($consumes ? " :$consumes":"" ) ]);
0ca510f0 148 my @display_parts = map { $_ =~s/%([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg; decode_utf8 $_ } @parts;
149 $rows[0][0] = join('/', '', @display_parts) || '/';
d34667c3 150 $paths->row(@$_) for @rows;
792b40ac 151 }
152
1cf0345b 153 $c->log->debug( "Loaded Chained actions:\n" . $paths->draw . "\n" );
007a7ca0 154 $c->log->debug( "Unattached Chained actions:\n", $unattached_actions->draw . "\n" )
155 if $has_unattached_actions;
792b40ac 156}
141459fa 157
ba3f8a81 158sub _list_extra_http_methods {
159 my ( $self, $action ) = @_;
160 return unless defined $action->list_extra_info->{HTTP_METHODS};
161 return join(', ', @{$action->list_extra_info->{HTTP_METHODS}});
e72a3cd6 162
ba3f8a81 163}
164
e72a3cd6 165sub _list_extra_consumes {
166 my ( $self, $action ) = @_;
167 return unless defined $action->list_extra_info->{CONSUMES};
168 return join(', ', @{$action->list_extra_info->{CONSUMES}});
169}
170
342d2169 171sub _list_extra_scheme {
172 my ( $self, $action ) = @_;
173 return unless defined $action->list_extra_info->{Scheme};
174 return uc $action->list_extra_info->{Scheme};
175}
e72a3cd6 176
141459fa 177=head2 $self->match( $c, $path )
178
05a90578 179Calls C<recurse_match> to see if a chain matches the C<$path>.
141459fa 180
181=cut
182
183sub match {
184 my ( $self, $c, $path ) = @_;
185
e5ecd5bc 186 my $request = $c->request;
187 return 0 if @{$request->args};
141459fa 188
189 my @parts = split('/', $path);
190
6365b527 191 my ($chain, $captures, $parts) = $self->recurse_match($c, '/', \@parts);
634780e0 192
193 if ($parts && @$parts) {
194 for my $arg (@$parts) {
195 $arg =~ s/%([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg;
196 push @{$request->args}, $arg;
197 }
198 }
141459fa 199
200 return 0 unless $chain;
201
202 my $action = Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain($chain);
203
e5ecd5bc 204 $request->action("/${action}");
205 $request->match("/${action}");
206 $request->captures($captures);
141459fa 207 $c->action($action);
208 $c->namespace( $action->namespace );
209
210 return 1;
211}
212
213=head2 $self->recurse_match( $c, $parent, \@path_parts )
214
05a90578 215Recursive search for a matching chain.
141459fa 216
217=cut
218
219sub recurse_match {
220 my ( $self, $c, $parent, $path_parts ) = @_;
be5cb4e4 221 my $children = $self->_children_of->{$parent};
141459fa 222 return () unless $children;
6b495723 223 my $best_action;
141459fa 224 my @captures;
1b04b972 225 TRY: foreach my $try_part (sort { length($b) <=> length($a) }
cdc97b63 226 keys %$children) {
1b04b972 227 # $b then $a to try longest part first
141459fa 228 my @parts = @$path_parts;
229 if (length $try_part) { # test and strip PathPart
230 next TRY unless
231 ($try_part eq join('/', # assemble equal number of parts
232 splice( # and strip them off @parts as well
792b40ac 233 @parts, 0, scalar(@{[split('/', $try_part)]})
234 ))); # @{[]} to avoid split to @_
141459fa 235 }
236 my @try_actions = @{$children->{$try_part}};
237 TRY_ACTION: foreach my $action (@try_actions) {
1c34f703 238 if (my $capture_attr = $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
3f91cb25 239 my $capture_count = $capture_attr->[0] || 0;
f505df49 240
241 # Short-circuit if not enough remaining parts
3f91cb25 242 next TRY_ACTION unless @parts >= $capture_count;
f505df49 243
141459fa 244 my @captures;
245 my @parts = @parts; # localise
7a7ac23c 246
1c34f703 247 # strip CaptureArgs into list
3f91cb25 248 push(@captures, splice(@parts, 0, $capture_count));
7a7ac23c 249
1279064a 250 # check if the action may fit, depending on a given test by the app
251 if ($action->can('match_captures')) { next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match_captures($c, \@captures) }
252
141459fa 253 # try the remaining parts against children of this action
0c78acb6 254 my ($actions, $captures, $action_parts, $n_pathparts) = $self->recurse_match(
141459fa 255 $c, '/'.$action->reverse, \@parts
256 );
2f381252 257 # No best action currently
258 # OR The action has less parts
259 # OR The action has equal parts but less captured data (ergo more defined)
260 if ($actions &&
261 (!$best_action ||
f4dbb497 262 $#$action_parts < $#{$best_action->{parts}} ||
2f381252 263 ($#$action_parts == $#{$best_action->{parts}} &&
0c78acb6 264 $#$captures < $#{$best_action->{captures}} &&
265 $n_pathparts > $best_action->{n_pathparts}))) {
266 my @pathparts = split /\//, $action->attributes->{PathPart}->[0];
6b495723 267 $best_action = {
268 actions => [ $action, @$actions ],
269 captures=> [ @captures, @$captures ],
0c78acb6 270 parts => $action_parts,
271 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts) + $n_pathparts,
272 };
6b495723 273 }
274 }
275 else {
7a7ac23c 276 {
277 local $c->req->{arguments} = [ @{$c->req->args}, @parts ];
278 next TRY_ACTION unless $action->match($c);
279 }
5c6d829d 280 my $args_attr = $action->attributes->{Args}->[0];
0c78acb6 281 my @pathparts = split /\//, $action->attributes->{PathPart}->[0];
953c176d 282 # No best action currently
283 # OR This one matches with fewer parts left than the current best action,
284 # And therefore is a better match
b0ad47c1 285 # OR No parts and this expects 0
953c176d 286 # The current best action might also be Args(0),
287 # but we couldn't chose between then anyway so we'll take the last seen
288
289 if (!$best_action ||
290 @parts < @{$best_action->{parts}} ||
a53e36d1 291 (!@parts && defined($args_attr) && $args_attr eq "0")){
6b495723 292 $best_action = {
293 actions => [ $action ],
294 captures=> [],
0c78acb6 295 parts => \@parts,
296 n_pathparts => scalar(@pathparts),
297 };
953c176d 298 }
141459fa 299 }
300 }
301 }
0c78acb6 302 return @$best_action{qw/actions captures parts n_pathparts/} if $best_action;
141459fa 303 return ();
304}
305
306=head2 $self->register( $c, $action )
307
05a90578 308Calls register_path for every Path attribute for the given $action.
141459fa 309
310=cut
311
2e29aec2 312sub _check_args_attr {
313 my ( $self, $action, $name ) = @_;
314
315 return unless exists $action->attributes->{$name};
316
317 if (@{$action->attributes->{$name}} > 1) {
318 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
319 "Multiple $name attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
320 );
321 }
322 my $args = $action->attributes->{$name}->[0];
323 if (defined($args) and not (
324 Scalar::Util::looks_like_number($args) and
2782bef2 325 int($args) == $args and $args >= 0
2e29aec2 326 )) {
327 require Data::Dumper;
328 local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
329 local $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0;
330 $args = Data::Dumper::Dumper($args);
331 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
332 "Invalid $name($args) for action " . $action->reverse() .
333 " (use '$name' or '$name(<number>)')"
334 );
335 }
336}
337
141459fa 338sub register {
339 my ( $self, $c, $action ) = @_;
340
1dc8af44 341 my @chained_attr = @{ $action->attributes->{Chained} || [] };
141459fa 342
1dc8af44 343 return 0 unless @chained_attr;
141459fa 344
2f381252 345 if (@chained_attr > 1) {
141459fa 346 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
5882c86e 347 "Multiple Chained attributes not supported registering ${action}"
141459fa 348 );
349 }
13c6b4cc 350 my $chained_to = $chained_attr[0];
141459fa 351
13c6b4cc 352 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
353 "Actions cannot chain to themselves registering /${action}"
354 ) if ($chained_to eq '/' . $action);
355
356 my $children = ($self->_children_of->{ $chained_to } ||= {});
141459fa 357
358 my @path_part = @{ $action->attributes->{PathPart} || [] };
359
09461385 360 my $part = $action->name;
141459fa 361
09461385 362 if (@path_part == 1 && defined $path_part[0]) {
363 $part = $path_part[0];
141459fa 364 } elsif (@path_part > 1) {
365 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 366 "Multiple PathPart attributes not supported registering " . $action->reverse()
141459fa 367 );
368 }
369
8a6a6581 370 if ($part =~ m(^/)) {
371 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
f3414019 372 "Absolute parameters to PathPart not allowed registering " . $action->reverse()
8a6a6581 373 );
374 }
375
0ca510f0 376 my $encoded_part = URI->new($part)->canonical;
377 $encoded_part =~ s{(?<=[^/])/+\z}{};
792b40ac 378
0ca510f0 379 $action->attributes->{PathPart} = [ $encoded_part ];
380
381 unshift(@{ $children->{$encoded_part} ||= [] }, $action);
141459fa 382
be5cb4e4 383 $self->_actions->{'/'.$action->reverse} = $action;
792b40ac 384
2e29aec2 385 foreach my $name (qw(Args CaptureArgs)) {
386 $self->_check_args_attr($action, $name);
387 }
388
389 if (exists $action->attributes->{Args} and exists $action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
390 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
bc71493a 391 "Combining Args and CaptureArgs attributes not supported registering " .
392 $action->reverse()
2e29aec2 393 );
dd97c1ac 394 }
395
1c34f703 396 unless ($action->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
be5cb4e4 397 unshift(@{ $self->_endpoints }, $action);
792b40ac 398 }
399
400 return 1;
141459fa 401}
402
403=head2 $self->uri_for_action($action, $captures)
404
05a90578 405Get the URI part for the action, using C<$captures> to fill
406the capturing parts.
141459fa 407
408=cut
409
410sub uri_for_action {
411 my ( $self, $action, $captures ) = @_;
412
5882c86e 413 return undef unless ($action->attributes->{Chained}
8b13f357 414 && !$action->attributes->{CaptureArgs});
792b40ac 415
416 my @parts = ();
417 my @captures = @$captures;
418 my $parent = "DUMMY";
419 my $curr = $action;
420 while ($curr) {
1c34f703 421 if (my $cap = $curr->attributes->{CaptureArgs}) {
84ac8ab9 422 return undef unless @captures >= ($cap->[0]||0); # not enough captures
8b13f357 423 if ($cap->[0]) {
f9155483 424 unshift(@parts, splice(@captures, -$cap->[0]));
8b13f357 425 }
792b40ac 426 }
77771155 427 if (my $pp = $curr->attributes->{PathPart}) {
792b40ac 428 unshift(@parts, $pp->[0])
8b13f357 429 if (defined($pp->[0]) && length($pp->[0]));
792b40ac 430 }
5882c86e 431 $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
be5cb4e4 432 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
141459fa 433 }
792b40ac 434
435 return undef unless $parent eq '/'; # fail for dangling action
436
437 return undef if @captures; # fail for too many captures
438
439 return join('/', '', @parts);
59d5a638 440
141459fa 441}
442
ae0e35ee 443=head2 $c->expand_action($action)
444
b0ad47c1 445Return a list of actions that represents a chained action. See
ae0e35ee 446L<Catalyst::Dispatcher> for more info. You probably want to
447use the expand_action it provides rather than this directly.
448
449=cut
450
52f71256 451sub expand_action {
452 my ($self, $action) = @_;
453
454 return unless $action->attributes && $action->attributes->{Chained};
455
456 my @chain;
457 my $curr = $action;
458
459 while ($curr) {
460 push @chain, $curr;
461 my $parent = $curr->attributes->{Chained}->[0];
462 $curr = $self->_actions->{$parent};
463 }
464
465 return Catalyst::ActionChain->from_chain([reverse @chain]);
466}
467
e5ecd5bc 468__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
f4de8c99 4691;
e5ecd5bc 470
05a90578 471=head1 USAGE
472
473=head2 Introduction
474
475The C<Chained> attribute allows you to chain public path parts together
67869327 476by their private names. A chain part's path can be specified with
477C<PathPart> and can be declared to expect an arbitrary number of
478arguments. The endpoint of the chain specifies how many arguments it
479gets through the C<Args> attribute. C<:Args(0)> would be none at all,
480C<:Args> without an integer would be unlimited. The path parts that
481aren't endpoints are using C<CaptureArgs> to specify how many parameters
482they expect to receive. As an example setup:
05a90578 483
484 package MyApp::Controller::Greeting;
485 use base qw/ Catalyst::Controller /;
486
487 # this is the beginning of our chain
488 sub hello : PathPart('hello') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
489 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
490 $c->stash->{ message } = "Hello ";
491 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } = $integer;
492 }
493
494 # this is our endpoint, because it has no :CaptureArgs
495 sub world : PathPart('world') Chained('hello') Args(1) {
496 my ( $self, $c, $integer ) = @_;
497 $c->stash->{ message } .= "World!";
498 $c->stash->{ arg_sum } += $integer;
499
500 $c->response->body( join "<br/>\n" =>
501 $c->stash->{ message }, $c->stash->{ arg_sum } );
502 }
503
504The debug output provides a separate table for chained actions, showing
67869327 505the whole chain as it would match and the actions it contains. Here's an
506example of the startup output with our actions above:
05a90578 507
508 ...
509 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
510 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
511 | Path Spec | Private |
512 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
513 | /hello/*/world/* | /greeting/hello (1) |
514 | | => /greeting/world |
515 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
516 ...
517
67869327 518As you can see, Catalyst only deals with chains as whole paths and
519builds one for each endpoint, which are the actions with C<:Chained> but
520without C<:CaptureArgs>.
05a90578 521
522Let's assume this application gets a request at the path
67869327 523C</hello/23/world/12>. What happens then? First, Catalyst will dispatch
524to the C<hello> action and pass the value C<23> as an argument to it
525after the context. It does so because we have previously used
526C<:CaptureArgs(1)> to declare that it has one path part after itself as
527its argument. We told Catalyst that this is the beginning of the chain
528by specifying C<:Chained('/')>. Also note that instead of saying
529C<:PathPart('hello')> we could also just have said C<:PathPart>, as it
530defaults to the name of the action.
05a90578 531
532After C<hello> has run, Catalyst goes on to dispatch to the C<world>
67869327 533action. This is the last action to be called: Catalyst knows this is an
534endpoint because we did not specify a C<:CaptureArgs>
535attribute. Nevertheless we specify that this action expects an argument,
536but at this point we're using C<:Args(1)> to do that. We could also have
537said C<:Args> or left it out altogether, which would mean this action
538would get all arguments that are there. This action's C<:Chained>
539attribute says C<hello> and tells Catalyst that the C<hello> action in
540the current controller is its parent.
05a90578 541
542With this we have built a chain consisting of two public path parts.
67869327 543C<hello> captures one part of the path as its argument, and also
544specifies the path root as its parent. So this part is
545C</hello/$arg>. The next part is the endpoint C<world>, expecting one
546argument. It sums up to the path part C<world/$arg>. This leads to a
547complete chain of C</hello/$arg/world/$arg> which is matched against the
548requested paths.
549
550This example application would, if run and called by e.g.
551C</hello/23/world/12>, set the stash value C<message> to "Hello" and the
552value C<arg_sum> to "23". The C<world> action would then append "World!"
553to C<message> and add C<12> to the stash's C<arg_sum> value. For the
554sake of simplicity no view is shown. Instead we just put the values of
555the stash into our body. So the output would look like:
05a90578 556
557 Hello World!
558 35
559
67869327 560And our test server would have given us this debugging output for the
05a90578 561request:
562
563 ...
564 [debug] "GET" request for "hello/23/world/12" from "127.0.0.1"
565 [debug] Path is "/greeting/world"
566 [debug] Arguments are "12"
567 [info] Request took 0.164113s (6.093/s)
568 .------------------------------------------+-----------.
569 | Action | Time |
570 +------------------------------------------+-----------+
571 | /greeting/hello | 0.000029s |
572 | /greeting/world | 0.000024s |
573 '------------------------------------------+-----------'
574 ...
575
67869327 576What would be common uses of this dispatch technique? It gives the
577possibility to split up logic that contains steps that each depend on
578each other. An example would be, for example, a wiki path like
05a90578 579C</wiki/FooBarPage/rev/23/view>. This chain can be easily built with
580these actions:
581
582 sub wiki : PathPart('wiki') Chained('/') CaptureArgs(1) {
583 my ( $self, $c, $page_name ) = @_;
584 # load the page named $page_name and put the object
585 # into the stash
586 }
587
588 sub rev : PathPart('rev') Chained('wiki') CaptureArgs(1) {
589 my ( $self, $c, $revision_id ) = @_;
67869327 590 # use the page object in the stash to get at its
05a90578 591 # revision with number $revision_id
592 }
593
594 sub view : PathPart Chained('rev') Args(0) {
595 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
67869327 596 # display the revision in our stash. Another option
05a90578 597 # would be to forward a compatible object to the action
598 # that displays the default wiki pages, unless we want
599 # a different interface here, for example restore
600 # functionality.
601 }
602
67869327 603It would now be possible to add other endpoints, for example C<restore>
604to restore this specific revision as the current state.
05a90578 605
67869327 606You don't have to put all the chained actions in one controller. The
607specification of the parent through C<:Chained> also takes an absolute
608action path as its argument. Just specify it with a leading C</>.
05a90578 609
610If you want, for example, to have actions for the public paths
67869327 611C</foo/12/edit> and C</foo/12>, just specify two actions with
05a90578 612C<:PathPart('foo')> and C<:Chained('/')>. The handler for the former
67869327 613path needs a C<:CaptureArgs(1)> attribute and a endpoint with
05a90578 614C<:PathPart('edit')> and C<:Chained('foo')>. For the latter path give
615the action just a C<:Args(1)> to mark it as endpoint. This sums up to
616this debugging output:
617
618 ...
619 [debug] Loaded Path Part actions:
620 .-----------------------+------------------------------.
621 | Path Spec | Private |
622 +-----------------------+------------------------------+
623 | /foo/* | /controller/foo_view |
624 | /foo/*/edit | /controller/foo_load (1) |
625 | | => /controller/edit |
626 '-----------------------+------------------------------'
627 ...
628
b0ad47c1 629Here's a more detailed specification of the attributes belonging to
05a90578 630C<:Chained>:
631
632=head2 Attributes
633
634=over 8
635
636=item PathPart
637
638Sets the name of this part of the chain. If it is specified without
639arguments, it takes the name of the action as default. So basically
640C<sub foo :PathPart> and C<sub foo :PathPart('foo')> are identical.
641This can also contain slashes to bind to a deeper level. An action
642with C<sub bar :PathPart('foo/bar') :Chained('/')> would bind to
643C</foo/bar/...>. If you don't specify C<:PathPart> it has the same
644effect as using C<:PathPart>, it would default to the action name.
645
d21a2b27 646=item PathPrefix
647
648Sets PathPart to the path_prefix of the current controller.
649
05a90578 650=item Chained
651
652Has to be specified for every child in the chain. Possible values are
d21a2b27 653absolute and relative private action paths or a single slash C</> to
654tell Catalyst that this is the root of a chain. The attribute
655C<:Chained> without arguments also defaults to the C</> behavior.
656Relative action paths may use C<../> to refer to actions in parent
657controllers.
05a90578 658
67869327 659Because you can specify an absolute path to the parent action, it
660doesn't matter to Catalyst where that parent is located. So, if your
661design requests it, you can redispatch a chain through any controller or
662namespace you want.
05a90578 663
664Another interesting possibility gives C<:Chained('.')>, which chains
67869327 665itself to an action with the path of the current controller's namespace.
05a90578 666For example:
667
668 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
669 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
670
671 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Bar
672 sub baz : Chained('.') Args(1) { ... }
673
674This builds up a chain like C</bar/*/baz/*>. The specification of C<.>
67869327 675as the argument to Chained here chains the C<baz> action to an action
676with the path of the current controller namespace, namely
677C</foo/bar>. That action chains directly to C</>, so the C</bar/*/baz/*>
678chain comes out as the end product.
05a90578 679
d21a2b27 680=item ChainedParent
681
682Chains an action to another action with the same name in the parent
683controller. For Example:
684
685 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo
686 sub bar : Chained CaptureArgs(1) { ... }
687
688 # in MyApp::Controller::Foo::Moo
689 sub bar : ChainedParent Args(1) { ... }
690
691This builds a chain like C</bar/*/bar/*>.
692
05a90578 693=item CaptureArgs
694
67869327 695Must be specified for every part of the chain that is not an
05a90578 696endpoint. With this attribute Catalyst knows how many of the following
67869327 697parts of the path (separated by C</>) this action wants to capture as
698its arguments. If it doesn't expect any, just specify
699C<:CaptureArgs(0)>. The captures get passed to the action's C<@_> right
700after the context, but you can also find them as array references in
05a90578 701C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>captures-E<gt>[$level]>. The C<$level> is the
702level of the action in the chain that captured the parts of the path.
703
67869327 704An action that is part of a chain (that is, one that has a C<:Chained>
705attribute) but has no C<:CaptureArgs> attribute is treated by Catalyst
706as a chain end.
05a90578 707
708=item Args
709
710By default, endpoints receive the rest of the arguments in the path. You
711can tell Catalyst through C<:Args> explicitly how many arguments your
712endpoint expects, just like you can with C<:CaptureArgs>. Note that this
67869327 713also affects whether this chain is invoked on a request. A chain with an
05a90578 714endpoint specifying one argument will only match if exactly one argument
715exists in the path.
716
717You can specify an exact number of arguments like C<:Args(3)>, including
718C<0>. If you just say C<:Args> without any arguments, it is the same as
67869327 719leaving it out altogether: The chain is matched regardless of the number
05a90578 720of path parts after the endpoint.
721
67869327 722Just as with C<:CaptureArgs>, the arguments get passed to the action in
05a90578 723C<@_> after the context object. They can also be reached through
724C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>arguments>.
725
726=back
727
67869327 728=head2 Auto actions, dispatching and forwarding
05a90578 729
730Note that the list of C<auto> actions called depends on the private path
67869327 731of the endpoint of the chain, not on the chained actions way. The
732C<auto> actions will be run before the chain dispatching begins. In
733every other aspect, C<auto> actions behave as documented.
05a90578 734
64111aca 735The C<forward>ing to other actions does just what you would expect. i.e.
e1207438 736only the target action is run. The actions that that action is chained
737to are not run.
738If you C<detach> out of a chain, the rest of the chain will not get
739called after the C<detach>.
05a90578 740
22faeff5 741=head2 match_captures
742
743A method which can optionally be implemented by actions to
744stop chain matching.
745
746See L<Catalyst::Action> for further details.
747
2f381252 748=head1 AUTHORS
141459fa 749
2f381252 750Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
141459fa 751
752=head1 COPYRIGHT
753
536bee89 754This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
141459fa 755the same terms as Perl itself.
756
757=cut
758
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